by Amy Brown
Ventura choreographer Devin Fulton has been dancing since age three, and is now bringing her decades of experience to the fore in a new contemporary dance show she directs, featuring talented choreographers and dancers from both Ventura County and Los Angeles. “An Indefinite Duration” has nine pieces, each exploring the human obsession with time, from efforts to speed it up, slow it down, or turn it back, while touching on determining how to live in the present. The diverse suite of ten performers, ranging in age from 23 to 43, goes through precarious journeys like ending love, reinventing friendships and aging hiccups. Clocks are suspended above the stage, and dancers interact with them, powerfully weaving the theme of the variance of time throughout the show.
“This is the first time I’ve combined using local community dancers with professional performers in the same show,” said Fulton. “It’s been a huge growth opportunity for all of us—the beauty of it is finding ways to create an experience that works for everyone. I get to think outside of my own box, and I think the finished product is really amazing.” Fulton shared that contemporary dance is, by definition, subjective, and audience members will have the opportunity to individually interpret what they see and hear. Her hope is that people get a little glimpse of many different human experiences. “They may cry a little bit, laugh a little bit, or be inspired to shimmy a little as the show unfolds,” said Fulton. “Either way, we welcome the audience to come play with the hands of time by diving with us into the sometimes heavy, sometimes funny, and always multidimensional ways we exist as humans.”
“An Indefinite Duration” will have 8 pm performances on March 23, 2019 at Hamsa Dance & Yoga Studio in Ojai and on March 29th and 30th at NAMBA Performing Arts Space in downtown Ventura. Its choreographers include Fulton, Gianna Burright, Brittney Nevison, Estéfano Suazo, and Anthony Arellano. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at www.devinfulton.brownpapertickets.com.
